Unnamed Prospect #3

The Unnamed Prospect #3 is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,848 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Unnamed Prospect #3  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 8,848 Feet (2,697 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 39.1225, -117.53389

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Unnamed Prospect #3 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Prospect #3
Secondary: Near War Eagle Or Last Chance Claims But Does Not Have Enough
Secondary: Workings To Be Either


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Marshall Earth Resources
Home Office: Houston, Tx
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: Recent Surveying By Minerals Management, Fish Lake Valley, Nv.
Years: 1981 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite


Comments

Comment (Location): HIGH ON RIDGE SEPARATING HEADWATERS OF WILLOW CREEK AND WAR EAGLE CANYONS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, NONE OVER ABOUT 50M IN LENGTH; SMALL PIT

Comment (Deposit): VEIN QUARTZ ON DUMPS; COPPER OXIDES ON FRACTURES


References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 8 AUG 1981


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.